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Against the Grain: The History of Buffalo's First Ward

by Tim Bohen

Published: 2012-12-11

Kindle Edition: 434 pages

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Against the Grain tells the story of a group of mostly Irish immigrants who toiled in the hulls of grain ships and in other waterfront industries in an area called the First Ward of Buffalo, New York. The First Ward was a geographically isolated area of Buffalo primarily inhabited by settlers from the...

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The Miniaturist: A Novel

by Jessie Burton

Published: 2014-08-26

Hardcover: 416 pages

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Set in seventeenth century Amsterdam—a city ruled by glittering wealth and oppressive religion—a masterful debut steeped in atmosphere and shimmering with mystery, in the tradition of Emma Donoghue, Sarah Waters, and Sarah Dunant.”There is nothing hidden that will not be revealed . ....

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Was It Something I Said?: Misadventures in suburbia

by Ros Thomas

Published: 2014-05-01

Kindle Edition: 208 pages

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Whether writing about the homesick Irishman she found on the beach, her foiled attempt to seduce her husband or why dog-people and cat-people can never be friends, journalist Ros Thomas writes with the kind of humour and clarity that keeps her readers coming back to her columns week after week. The stories...

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Listening for Lions

by Gloria Whelan

Published: 2006-10-10

Paperback: 208 pages

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Historical fiction with a wicked twist. Listening for Lions is a breathtaking story of tragedy, deception, and triumph against all odds. National Book Award–winning author Gloria Whelan sets this richly historical coming–of–age adventure in British East Africa in the year 1918. This...

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Beholding Bee

by Kimberly Newton Fusco

Published: 2013-02-12

Hardcover: 336 pages

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Bee is an orphan who lives with a carnival and sleeps in the back of a tractor trailer. Every day she endures taunts for the birthmark on her face—though her beloved Pauline, the only person who has ever cared for her, tells her it is a precious diamond. When Pauline is sent to work for ...

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Mothers and Daughters: A Novel (Reading Group Gold)

by Rae Meadows

Published: 2011-03-29

Kindle Edition: 270 pages

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A rich and luminous novel about three generations of women in one family: the love they share, the dreams they refuse to surrender, and the secrets they holdSamantha is lost in the joys of new motherhood—the softness of her eight-month-old daughter's skin, the lovely weight of her child ...

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A Fine Romance: Falling in Love With the English Countryside

by Susan Branch

Published: 2013-08-15

Hardcover: 260 pages

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Travel writing at its best by Susan Branch, New York Times best selling author, in a A Fine Romance, Falling in Love with the English Countryside. This charming book is part love story, part travel guide ~ a hand-written and watercolored diary/journal of Branch's six-day transatlantic c...

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Autumn: From the Heart of the Home

by Susan Branch

Published: 2004-09

Hardcover: 128 pages

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EXCITING NEWS: REPRINT due for AUTUMN ~ Summer 2014.  Handwritten and watercolored in the charming style of Susan Branch, this book celebrates the wonderfulness that is Autumn not only with delicious easy-to-make family favorites such as Cinnamon Ice Cream, Touchdown Chili,  Corn Pudding, and Pumpkin...

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The Fantastic Laboratory of Dr. Weigl: How Two Brave Scientists Battled Typhus and Sabotaged the Nazis

by Arthur Allen

Published: 2014-07-21

Hardcover: 400 pages

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From a laboratory in wartime Poland comes a fascinating story of anti-Nazi resistance and scientific ingenuity. Few diseases are more gruesome than typhus. Transmitted by body lice, it afflicts the dispossessed—refugees, soldiers, and ghettoized peoples—causing hallucinations, terrible...

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Evening Stars (Blackberry Island)

by Susan Mallery

Published: 2014-02-25

Paperback: 368 pages

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New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery returns to Blackberry Island with the poignant tale of two sisters on the verge of claiming their dreams.  Small-town nurse Nina Wentworth has made a career out of being a caretaker. More "Mom" than their mother ever was, she sacrificed med...